Hay

Hay is grass, legumes or other herbaceous
plants that have been cut, dried, and stored for
use as animal fodder, particularly for grazing livestock
such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep. Hay is
also fed to pets such as rabbits and guinea pigs.
Pigs may be fed hay, but they do not digest it as
efficiently as more fully herbivorous animals.

Hay is fed when or where there is not enough pasture
or rangeland on which to graze an animal, when grazing
is unavailable due to weather (such as during the
winter) or when lush pasture by itself is too rich
for the health of the animal. It is also fed during
times when an animal is unable to access pasture,
such as when animals are kept in a stable or barn.

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